柬

See also: 東

Translingual

Han character

柬 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木田火 (DWF), four-corner 5090₆, composition ⿻束丷)

Descendants

• 諫, 楝, 煉, 湅, 揀, 闌, 練, 鍊, 𣍃

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 520, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14655
• Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1179, character 4
• Unihan data for U+67EC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		柬
alternative forms		𫠣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 柬
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (柬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蘭	*ɡ·raːn
攔	*ɡ·raːn
欄	*ɡ·raːn
瀾	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːns
讕	*ɡ·raːn, *ɡ·raːnʔ, *ɡ·raːns
闌	*ɡ·raːn
韊	*ɡ·raːn
幱	*ɡ·raːn
籣	*ɡ·raːn
躝	*ɡ·raːn
爛	*ɡ·raːns
爤	*ɡ·raːns
鑭	*ɡ·raːns
糷	*ɡ·raːns
斕	*ɡ·reːn
揀	*kreːnʔ, *ɡ·reːns
柬	*kreːnʔ
暕	*kreːnʔ
諫	*kraːns
練	*ɡ·reːns
鍊	*ɡ·reːns
煉	*ɡ·reːns
楝	*ɡ·reːns
萰	*ɡ·reːns
堜	*ɡ·reːns
湅	*ɡ·reːns

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 束 (“tie”) + 八 (“individually”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 柬

1. letter; invitation
2. Short for 柬埔寨 (Jiǎnpǔzhài, “Cambodia”).
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 揀／拣 (jiǎn, “to pick; to select”).

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Japanese

Kanji

柬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. select, pick out

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)
• Kan-on: かん (kan)
• Kun: えらぶ (erabu, 柬ぶ)

Compounds

• 柬埔寨(カンボジア) (Kanbojia, “Cambodia”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
柬
かん Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From classical verb 柬す (kansu), itself from Middle Chinese 柬 (MC keanX). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

柬(かん)する • (kan suru) suru (stem 柬(かん)し (kan shi), past 柬(かん)した (kan shita))

1. to send a letter

Conjugation

Conjugation of "柬する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	柬し	かんし	kan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	柬し	かんし	kan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	柬する	かんする	kan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	柬する	かんする	kan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	柬すれ	かんすれ	kan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	柬せよ¹ 柬しろ²	かんせよ¹ かんしろ²	kan seyo¹ kan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	柬される	かんされる	kan sareru
Causative	柬させる 柬さす	かんさせる かんさす	kan saseru kan sasu
Potential	柬できる	かんできる	kan dekiru
Volitional	柬しよう	かんしよう	kan shiyō
Negative	柬しない	かんしない	kan shinai
Negative continuative	柬せず	かんせず	kan sezu
Formal	柬します	かんします	kan shimasu
Perfective	柬した	かんした	kan shita
Conjunctive	柬して	かんして	kan shite
Hypothetical conditional	柬すれば	かんすれば	kan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

See also

• 手(て)紙(がみ) (tegami, “letter”)

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Korean

Hanja

柬 • (gan) (hangeul 간)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 柬 (giản)

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